National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), in collaboration with the United Nations (UN), successfully conducted a two-day Joint PAK-UN Multi-Hazard Simulation Exercise (SimEx) held from 3–4 December 2025 at the National Emergencies Operation Centre (NEOC), NDMA Headquarters, Islamabad.

The SimEx aimed to assess and improve Pakistan’s coordinated response capacity during large-scale emergencies by testing decision-making, interoperability, information management, and resource planning across NDMA, PDMAs, GBDMA, SDMA, district administrations, federal ministries, UN agencies, international organizations, and national NGOs.

More than 130 participants from all across Pakistan representing federal ministries, provincial departments, district administrations, humanitarian organizations, academia, and media took part through six dedicated Working Groups. These groups included delegates from Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, and the Federal Government. Each Working Group worked through evolving tabletop scenarios reflecting earthquake impacts, monsoon flooding in Punjab and Sindh, GLOF events in high-altitude regions, and winter blockages in mountainous districts. The participants used NDMA’s response matrices, incorporating hazard baselines and coordinated line-department inputs, presented synchronized response frameworks.

NDMA expressed appreciation to UN agencies, FCDO, participating ministries, PDMAs, district administrations, and partner organizations for their active engagement and support in strengthening a unified national response system.